Comments: In 1971 the Mythopoeic Society created the Mythopoeic Awards with two categories - one for Best Fantasy Literature, and one for Scholarship in Inklings Studies. The second award category focuses on scholarship related to the works of the Inklings - a groups that included J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Roger Lancelyn Green, Hugo Dyson, and several others. But the interesting thing here is that this award for scholarship relating to the Inklings was created while several of the Inklings, such as Tolkien, Green, and Dyson, were still alive. There is something that seems just a little audacious about creating an award for scholarship relating to a group with several living members, which seems like an odd thing to say about an organization dedicated to studying and honoring a collection of university professors who liked to get together to drink and swap stories.
Best Adult Fantasy Literature
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
Other Nominees:
Deryni Rising by Katherine Kurtz
The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian by Lloyd Alexander
Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies
(tie) C.S. Kilby
(tie) Mary McDermott Shideler
Other Nominees:
None
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